I'm in the jailhouse now: Memories from the front line
When Gerald Leahy joined the RCMP in his home province of New Brunswick in 1956 he was thrilled when first posted to Newfoundland. "I was...
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Helen Escott
- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Remembering the good old days of policing
Chief/ Supt. George Powell: Remembering the good times When reminiscing about his policing career with family, friends and fellow...
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Helen Escott
- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
From being shot to meeting Joey Smallwood, it was a great 36 years!
When Murray Evans joined the RCMP 56 years ago, recruiters were as interested in his physique as they were his intelligence. The boy from...
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Helen Escott
- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min
Constable Ken Ellis: From the historic Badger Riot to the night that changed his life
As a young man, the only thing Ken Ellis wanted to be was an RCMP officer. That dream came true on May 05th, 1958 when he went to...
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Helen Escott
- Aug 5, 2022
- 4 min
RCMP Second Man Award
On Dec 21, 2013 the RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador honoured twenty-two women in recognition of their support and unpaid services while...
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Helen Escott
- Aug 5, 2022
- 6 min
The history of the RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland officially joined Canada at midnight, March 31st, 1949. The next day, April first, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
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Helen Escott
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
The story of Aunt Martha’s Sheep
One of the most popular songs on Newfoundland airwaves during the seventies was “Aunt Martha's Sheep.” The song was recorded by Dick...
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Helen Escott
- Aug 5, 2022
- 5 min
S/S/M Dave Tipple: Keeping the Honour Alive
After more than 44 years as a member of the RCMP, Staff Sgt. Major Dave Tipple hung up his spurs on June 25, 2014. Originally from Corner...
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Helen Escott
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
Crash and burn - But he always walked away. The Staff Sgt. Bob MacKinnon story
September 21, 1971 was a beautiful day. Twenty-five-year-old Cst. Bob MacKinnon had almost six years in the Force when he was called into...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Newfoundland Ranger: S/Sgt. John Hogan: The Hogan Trail
In 2002 the RCMP Mounted Police Foundation donated $6000 to build a seating area with a plaque that told the unbelievable story of The...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Newfoundland Ranger: The Lone Ranger Staff Sgt. Lew Stuckless
Following Confederation with Canada in 1949, the Newfoundland Ranger Force, formed in 1935 to police the rural areas of what is now the...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
Newfoundland Ranger: Cyril Goodyear: The pursuit of Justice and the Great Outdoors
Cyril Goodyear has worn an incredible number of hats in his lifetime. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, is one of the last...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 5 min
Newfoundland Ranger: Cpl. Richard Noel: From Newfoundland Ranger to the RCMP
Richard Noel is ninety-one years old and lives by himself in a condo in St. John’s. He was born August 16, 1927. He has to lean in to...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
Rose Marie Russell-Coffey: Rose Marie of the Mounties
Constable Rose Marie Russell-Coffey made history in 1975 when she became the first female RCMP police officer in Newfoundland and...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
Anne James: Telecoms Operator – Always the calm in the storm
When Anne James was living in her hometown of Bishop’s Falls, her brother was friends with an RCMP member. At the time she was working...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
Inspector Trudy Murray: The longest serving female RCMP police officer in Canada
Trudy Murray waited patiently for the announcement that came on May 23, 1974. RCMP Commissioner Maurice Nadon told the country that the...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 7 min
Staff Sgt. George Marshall Sproule: The Force Needs You
George Sproule grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, wanting to be a doctor. He realized into his late teenaged years that there was no way...
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Helen Escott
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
Sgt. Bill Smith Reminisces on His career and the Training that Poisoned Him
Sgt. Bill Smith joined the RCMP on July 4th, 1973 in Harbour Grace, his hometown. He grew up with an interest in policing after a cousin...
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Helen Escott
- Jan 28, 2021
- 4 min
S/Sgt. Gail Courtney – Still Blazing Trails in Retirement
The women joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police today can’t even begin to imagine what the first women experienced: The fun, the...
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Helen Escott
- Jan 28, 2021
- 4 min
Cst. Cheryle LaFosse: The first Sworn RCMP Female
Constable Cheryl LaFosse grew up in a policing family. Her father was RCMP Supt. Jack LaFosse who joined the Newfoundland Ranger Force in...
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